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Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition (edit title/settings)

by Patrick McCully (Author) (edit contributors)

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Entirely updated in light of the recent World Commission on Dams Report , and responding to it, this new edition of Patrick McCully's now classic study shows why large dams have become such a controversial technology in both industrialized and developing countries. He explores the... read more

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Hoover Dam, an astonishingly graceful curve of concrete pushing back the Colorado River to fill its deep canyon on the Arizona-Nevada border, unleashed the big dam era.

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  1. Patrick McCully (Author)

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